As the Bomb Cyclone Blizzard moves farther northeast, our NYSM cameras are capturing how much snow fell across NYC!
Our Murray Hill site, part of the NYC Micronet, shows just how quickly the snow piled up as the storm moved through the city.
Not all snow is equal:
Fluffy powder = lots of air
Snowman snow = more water
The SWE sensor measures how much liquid water is in the snowpack — crucial for flood forecasting, water supply & storm tracking.
Check out our snow network on our website!
nysmesonet.org/networks/sno...
Did you know we have a snow network?
This is our site in Harrisburg, deep in Tug Hill, NY — one of the snowiest spots in the East thanks to lake-effect off Lake Ontario. Feet upon feet of snow!
That big tube? It’s a CS725 Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) sensor.
South: rain.
North: snow/rain/sleet roulette.
Classic NY.
Check what type of precip your local weather station is recording at nysmesonet.org/weather/winter under product "Precip Type"
Federal holiday.
Still on site.
Keeping NYS Mesonet alive one station at a time.
Valentines day is tomorrow! (hope you all bought presents for your significant others by now!)
I will be listing the things I love about the NYS Mesonet:
5-min real-time data across NYS 24/7
Camera images showcasing the beautiful surroundings
The Flamingo at PHIL (I love you)
Operational. Verified. No further questions.
www.nysmesonet.org/networks/pro...
Extreme Cold WARNING for a majority if not all of the State. NY this weekend: breaking our heat bills and breaking our spirits. Dress accordingly!
Check out NWS warnings for your backyard weather station at nysmesonet.org
Yes, we are out in the snow on purpose.
Our technicians are collecting snow core samples to quality-check our SWE sensors—because “looks right” is not a measurement.
Check us out on insta! @nysmesonet
#SnowScience #FieldWork #SWE #QualityControl
I forgot the F in frost but you get the point it is COLD!
rost and freeze watches tonight! ❄️ Our NYS Mesonet soil data tells the full story — how deep the chill really goes. Farmers can use this info to stay one step ahead and protect their fields! #NYWeather #AgSmart
You can find soil temps on our maps page!
nysmesonet.org/weather/maps
At our sites we use weight scale precip guages. Sometimes we experience false precip and have tried many solutions. One thing we discovered is spiders love to crawl in our gauges and make homes! How can we naturally deter them? Peppermint packs!
Our Summer newsletter is out!
api.nysmesonet.org/website_cont...
Chilly weather called for some #northernlights for some of our stations last night!
What a milestone! This year, we're celebrating our 10th anniversary of the NYSM internship program and welcoming our 23rd class of interns! Since 2016, we've trained over 100 students @ualbany
to become future leaders in science, engineering and beyond. Welcome to the team!
Wildfire smoke from Canada is degrading air quality across upstate New York. NYSM network of Doppler lidars is able to monitor the transport of wildfire smoke in real-time
Images from satellite, HRRR model, lidar CNR data with corresponding nearby NYS DEC measured surface PM2.5
Bear siting at our Newcomb site 🐻
Another hot day across NY State! Take precautions and stay cool out there
Time-lapse at our Walden Thruway site showing the passing storms in the distance ⛈️
We have just broken the NYSM all time high temperature record! Current highest temperature is now 99.3°F at Staten Island. The previous record held was 99.06°F
The new Whiteface Mountain Base Profiler site now live! Hosted at the ASRC field station, we can measure upper level temperature, moisture, wind, and aerosol data (e.g. wildfire smoke)!
nysmesonet.org/networks/pro...
nysmesonet.org/weather/loca...
whiteface.asrc.albany.edu
It is also worth mentioning that this is our first standard site with air quality measurements!
Lake Placid AQ data: micromet.asrc.albany.edu/aq/liveplots...
Happy one year to our youngest standard site — Lake Placid (LKPL)!
Thanks to LKPL, we’re gaining valuable insights into regional meteorological data
A quick look at the air quality reveals a spike in PM2.5 levels on 6/8/2025 — resulting from smoke from Canadian wildfires
Beautiful nest of baby birds living in the 4ft tall grass at the Ontario site in western NY!
New Features on the NYSM Website!
🔹 Max/Min by Site
Check General Info → Sites to view each station’s highest and lowest recorded values
🔹 Record-Breaking Weather?
See Weather → Today’s Stats for stations that broke historical records
www.nysmesonet.org
This spring is shaping up to be especially windy! March was officially the windiest recorded by our network, with 7 of our weather stations breaking their all-time wind gust records!
#nysmesonet #NYWX
Over 2" of rain have fallen so far downstate at High Falls and Red Hook from this impressive system dumping rain on eastern NY. Numerous flood watches and advisories currently in effect.
#nysmesonet #NYWX
Timelapse of a passing storm over one of our thruway sites yesterday:
#nysmesonet #nywx
Some ominous looking shelf clouds caught on our site cameras yesterday ⛈️
#nysmesonet #nywx
It is a summer-like day out across the State, featuring temps in the upper-80s and severe weather across western and central NY, with numerous reports of trees down and even hail!
Storm reports courtesy of NOAA/NWS/WPC:
spc.noaa.gov/exper/reports/
#nysmesonet #nywx
